Casement-window fastener



v C.`H. GOLLADAY dAsEMENT 'wlNDow FASTENER April '7, 1925.

Filed ont. 16, 1925 mmmmm Patented Apr. 7, 1325. p Y UNITED STATES 1 ,1,532,99? PATENT boFFicE.

CLYDE H. GOLLADAY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

CASEMENT-W'INDOW FASIENER.

Application med october 16, 1923. sei-iai No. 668,886;

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE H. GOLLADAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Case- 1r1ent-VVindow Fastener; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionl of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art yto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a easement window fastener.

It is aimed to provide generally a novel, durable, efficient and comparatively inexpensive device or means whereby easement windows may be secured` positively in both open or closed position and may be also secured in adjusted positions intermediate the open and closed position.

A particular object of the present invention is to provide a construction adapted for connection to a hinge by means of which the easement window is connected to its frame, Iand with means of the device adapted to serve as the pintleof the hinge.

Another object is to provide a construction in which a pintle or stud is used having a leaf screw threaded thereto and attachable to either the window or casing, and having a leaf capable of movement on the stud or `pintle and attachable to either the window or frame, together with means, preferably threaded to the stud in order to bind the leaves together and thereby hold the window locked.

Additional objects and advantages will become -apparent from a consideration of the description followin taken in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating an o erative embodiment.

In sai drawings Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in front elevation and in connection" with a easement window and its frame, the latter part being shown fragmentarily Figure 2 is a view taken on the line2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the jline 3-3 of Figure 2, andl Figure 4 is a detail view showing the leaves detached with their engaging surfaces up ermost.

)Eike reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

Referring specifically to the drawings, A

ldesignates a casingfor a easement window B, both parts being convention-ally and frag mentarily shown andthe window is adapted for pivotal connection to the frame by means' of a hingeC. This hinge has leaves D suitably fastened oneto the frame and one lto the window and the leaves have interfitting aligned barrels as at E in the usual manner i of hinges.

In carrying out the present invention, the usual pintle or the like which is disposed in the barrels E, is removed and a longerpintle or stud as at 10 is used in lieu thereof and which pivotally connects the leaves of the hinge L in the same manner as the usual pintle, of that hinge.

Pintle or stud 10 is screw threaded for a distance downwardly from its upperend as a.t 11. A leaf as at 12 is fastened inany suitable manner as by screws 13, for instance to the frame A and has a plate 14 C and having a plate 18 at one end thereof vadapted for disposition in a horizontal plane and to rest on the plate 14. As the window C usually is inwardly offset from the frame,

the plate 16 has an offset portion 19 prop-l piate is. A nut 20 is erly positioning the threaded to the screw threads 11 and preferably has wings as at 21 to facilitate manipulation of the'nut.

The stud 10 passes through a bore 22 of plate 18 and said bore is preferably enlarged with respect .to the stud so as to avoid binding or interfering contacty with the screw threads thereof and in order that the plate 18 may be capable of freely swingingvabout the stud 10 as a pivot when the nut 20 is loosened. Plate 14 has a securing element at 23 providing a spherical surface projecting above its upper surface and adapted for selective reception in recesses 24 provided in the under surface of the plate 18. The spherical surface ofthe ele ment 23 may be afforded in any manner desired for instance by having said member 23 a ball or s here as shown sunk and swiveled into the p ate 14 and being retained in the plate as the latter is crowded about the ball above the horizontal plane passing through its axis.

In use when the window B is to be swung, the nut is loosened, which releases the binding en agement between the plates 14 and 18 andg permits the plate 18 `to elevate slightly, due to the usual swinging of the window, in view of the ball 23. The recesses 24 will successively engage the ball 23 and when the window is in the proper posi-tion, either open, closed or intermediate position, the ball 23 will be located in.

one of the Irecesses 24 after which the nut 20 is tightened and the plates M and 18 secured together in bindm relation and against accidental turning 1n view of the extension yof ball 23 into recesses 24.

Attention is called to the exceedingly comct arrangement whereby the invention is isposed relatively close to and cooperates with one of the hingesof the Window.

It is also-to be considered that the case- -ment window isshownl` by way of example and that the invention is capable of use generally where hinges are employed and a 1. A securing means of the class described,

in combination with a hinge usin a pintle,

ka stud applicable to the hinge i-n ieu of the connection to a frame and member which moves relatively to it, the stud constituting the axis for one of the leaves, and means to secure said leaves together, one of said leaves being screw threaded to said stud.

3. A securing means of the class described, in combination with a hinge using a pintle, a stud applicable to the hinge in lieu of the pintle, leaves extending from the stud for connection to a 'frame and member which moves relatively. to it, the stud constituting the axis forfone of the lea-Ves, and means to secure said leaves together, one of said leaves being screw threaded to said stud, in-

terengaging securing means between the l leaves, and a nut threaded on the stud to bind ,the leaves together.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of twol witnesses. v

CLYDE H. GOLLADAY. 

